The best Peter Farrelly’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Peter Farrelly’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Peter Farrelly.
Clear History
6.4/10
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
Crítico
7.3/10
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
7.7/10
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time - Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
7/10
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all-time. From "Fast Time at Ridgemont High" and "Office Space" to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and "Showgirls."
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
7.1/10
One man’s journey to find meaning in Bill Murray’s many unexpected adventures with everyday people, rare and never-before seen footage of the comedic icon participating in stories previously presumed to be urban legend.
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
4/10
An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.
Rocksteppy
Phil and Colin Beverly are two inept small-town brothers with big dreams, and a song-and-dance rock group to take them there. When they learn of a 'performance competition' in Austin, Texas called South by Southwest, they set out on a cross-country journey, followed by a camera crew of student filmmakers who document their quest to the top! The top of what, they have no idea.
The Farrelly Bros.: In the French Tradition
A making-of, focusing on the script and direction by the Farrellys. The material here is culled from on-set interviews with Farrellys and the main cast, plus a pretty good amount of behind-the-scenes footage.
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
The Comedy Central "Reel Comedy" special provides a stage for Black, who starts riffing in the interview and coming up with some funny bits. Paltrow, Robbins and the Farrelly Brothers also are interviewed.
Sam & Mattie Make A Zombie Movie
7.6/10
Documentary about the making of ’Spring Break Zombie Massacre.’
Stuck on You: It's Funny - The Farrelly Formula
Features snippets from a lot of the big names who have worked with the brothers in the past. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Matt Damon, Chris Elliott, Ben Stiller and Greg Kinnear are all on hand to give their thoughts on what makes their comedy films work so well. The brothers themselves are also interviewed and they talk in a bit of detail about how they stick to their own creative process to get their movies made.
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
Comments from the Farrellys, Thomas, Wessler, Damon, Kinnear, and actors Ray “Rocket” Valliere, Wen Yan Shih, Lawyer Milloy and Tom Brady. They chat about the origins of the film and its slow path to the screen, casting, the story and character development, disabilities in the film, and their use of athletes in cameos.
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
This short documentary provides discussion of how the fat suits and other make-up effects were done for the film as well as considerations of exactly the look. There's also some test footage of the make-up effects and interviews with Paltrow, Black, the Farrellys, Paltrow and Paltrow's body double, Ivy.
Making a Scene: Fever Pitch
Behind the scenes talks about what it was like to make a fictional film about an event as it was really happening.
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
We find notes from the Farrellys, Damon, Kinnear, Thomas, Wessler and special make-up designer Tony Gardner. The latter participant dominates the show as he lets us know about the design of the conjoined rig, the various challenges and its execution. We also learn about general issues and the way the actors related to each other.
Being 'Shallow Hal'
5.9/10
The HBO special is hosted by star Brooke Burns, who spends more time talking to people on the street about what it means to be shallow than discussing the film itself.
